Snakebites: The hidden health crisis that kills 200 people a day

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Snakebites kill 200 people a day -- and there's a global shortage of snake anti-venom

Snakebites kill more than 200 people a day around the world, but Thai firefighter Pinyo Pookpinyo was one of the lucky ones.

When the tip of his thumb was bitten by a king cobra, he made it to a Bangkok hospital within 15 minutes. There, he was given a serum that stopped the venom, which can be fatal, from attacking his nervous system."The doctor didn't believe at first that I was bitten by a king cobra. I had to tell him that I was an instructor teaching about snakes; I'm very good at identifying types. "It affected me for about two months.

And when it is available, it can also be prohibitively expensive, plunging poor victims into deeper straits. On average, one vial of anti-venom costs $160, and a full course usually requires multiple vials, Wellcome says. One 2013 study from India found that more than 40% of victims had to take out a loan to pay for treatment, and in order to repay it, families often had to sell valuables.

 

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Here’s a plan Nazi CNN! BAN SNAKES! I’m sure that will work!

I thought snakes doesn’t bite until it senses real threat or when you go into their territory... guess I am wrong

Here's an idea leave them alone, Quit picking them up. Don't bring them to church and pass them around!

Theres also a shortage on reliable news coverage.

Stop pinching their heads and maybe they’ll bite less people.

SNAKES ARE NO JOKE...Hotep...

Subpoena the snakes!

Pay some snake hunters to get what you need.

How about we start by banning bump stocks on snakes

'It is also work that hasn't been profitable for pharmaceutical companies.' That statement is exactly what's wrong with big pharma, and why they don't care about anything but their bottom line. There is no money in cures.

Snakebites hits harder than climate change everyone let's be alarmed kill all snakes

Theres 7.6 billion of us, so its ok.

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